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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11477
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14548
13 Actual Demand 11196
14 Aggregate Planning 12156
15 Air Cargo 10057
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6636
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34844
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15326
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19213
20 Assembly Line 22345
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22951
22 Average Speed of Answer 26550
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23090
24 Batch Production 38329
25 Bill Discounting 14507
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11203
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7129
28 Blanket Release 9995
29 Bonded Warehouse 10049
30 Booking Number 13761
31 Bottleneck 9496
32 Buffer Stock 59179
33 Build to Stock 12945
34 Bullwhip Effect 9597
35 Business Logistics 25638
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12558
37 Capacity Management 40437
38 Capacity Utilization 14085
39 Capital Intensive 8390
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8715
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12110
42 Certified Supplier 8958
43 Channel Effectiveness 8917
44 Co-Destiny 9281
45 Co-managed Inventory 12487
46 Co-Packers 11752
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6856
48 Computer-Based Training 7681
49 Consular Invoice 19749
50 Container Depot 10594
51 Container Freight Station 10270
52 Continuous Replenishment 19480
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12062
54 Contract Carrier 7312
55 Contract of Affreightment 11401
56 Control Charts 7951
57 Cost Flow 10254
58 Courier Service 15212
59 CPFR 8206
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11780
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44105
62 Date Code 18195
63 Days of Supply 19809
64 Dead on Arrival 9250
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7297
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8087
67 Detective Control 8895
68 Devanning 14198
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10878
70 Dispatching 24465
71 Distributed Inventory 8341
72 Distribution Channel Management 34687
73 Distribution Metrics 9095
74 Distribution Planning 24178
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15196
76 Double Marginalization 52647
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22302
78 Dual 5432
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20587
80 Echelon Inventory 26180
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38241
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49666
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7603
84 Efficient Frontier 25442
85 Engineer-to-Order 31715
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16429
87 Erlang B Formula 9333
88 ETD 8317
89 Ex Works 7824
90 Exception Rate 13469
91 Exponential smoothing 9817
92 External Growth 10060
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9442
94 Field Services 7735
95 Field Warehouse 10397
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8742
97 Fishbone Diagram 14589
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26996
99 Flow Through Distribution 12295
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8163
101 FOB Destination 13007
102 Forward buying 30077
103 Freight Charge 10340
104 Freight Consolidation 7514
105 Gantt Chart 8279
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11718
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29561
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12666
109 Hub 23399
110 Idle Time 8058
 
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